Gangs Ramp up Attacks in Haiti, Fueling Concerns over Security of Upcoming Elections
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ewtnnews.comHaiti bishop says gangs target Church as violence shuts parishes, schools
The Church is “the last remaining bulkhead — moral, ethical, spiritual, and prophetic,” Bishop Joseph Gontrand Décoste said. “That is why they want to eliminate us.” [...]
Gangs ramp up attacks in Haiti, fueling concerns over security of upcoming elections
PORT-AU-PRINCE — Renewed gang attacks across Haiti since the beginning of August have reportedly killed and injured dozens of civilians, targeted police and forced residents from their homes. The intensification of violence raises fresh questions about whether the country can create the security conditions needed for its first national elections in a decade. Last week, armed groups launched attacks and clashed over territory in Arcahaie, Cité S…
Bishop Joseph Gondrand Décaste warns that the Church has become the target of gangs in Haiti, with 40 parishes closed in Port-au-Prince and increasing violence.
According to reports, a leak of a large volume of petroleum products stored in the Varreux Terminal was caused by the firing of the gangs that reached the reservoirs. In addition, a surveillance officer at the Varreux Terminal was killed and two others were kidnapped by gang bandits operating in Wharf Jérémie. The incident raised new concerns about the availability of petroleum products.
United Nations experts documented a peak of violence in the commune of Cité Soleil, Port-au-Prince, and established that gang attacks amount to more than 600 deaths and 176 rapes so far this year. Criminal groups control more than 85 per cent of the territory of the capital of Haiti and also left hundreds of people injured, in addition to 18,000 displaced, in Cité Soleil alone. According to Arnold Waye of the United Nations Office for Human Righ…
The grip of armed gangs on vast swaps of the country has forced dozens of churches and parishes to close. Priests, religious, and parishioners are exposed to climbing violence...
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